Book Marketing Done Right
Writing is one of those professions that people tend to glamorize. One expects writers to be guzzling scotch by the bottle, working exclusively at night, and taking long,…
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Market Research: Easier than Ever
As I work my way through PSU’s part-time MBA program, I’m exposed to all manner of new ideas; many of which are good. Like most good ideas, they seem obvious after you’ve…
Read the post →Don’t Be Greedy: 6 Tips for Better Regular Expressions
If you’re a programmer, you’ve no doubt been in this situation before: you’ve got to convert a bunch of data from one form to another. Maybe you’ve got an enum that needs…
Read the post →Language Throwdown, Part 1: JavaScript vs. PHP
This week, we consider two very important languages: JavaScript and PHP. The purpose of this series is to look at new and important languages, and contrast them with esta…
Read the post →The Art of Obsolescence
Imagine you’re a marketing agency for a moment. Now quick: how many of your clients’ websites are based on obsolete technology? What about the three clients you just sign…
Read the post →Why is Enterprise Not Afraid of Node?: The Case for Node.JS
With the exception of companies like Google, large enterprise corporations tend to be very conservative about new technology. So why doesn’t enterprise seem to be afraid …
Read the post →The Problem with Email (and 5 Tools You Should Be Using Instead)
Don’t you think you should stop using email…so much? Let’s face it, the shine has worn off.
Read the post →Formatting Dates to Make Excel Happy
You know what I love? CSV files. Now stop rolling your eyes and trying to come up with Luddite jokes. I like XML and JSON too, but you know what you can do with a CSV tha…
Read the post →Best Practices for Random Number Generation
Wither thou goest, pseudorandom number generator?
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